INREADME.txt explains the layout of IN.csv (csv signifies a comma separated variable file).  
IN.csv contains Indiana precinct election data from the 2000 federal general election matched with 
racial data from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Use and Attribution: All data are free and may be distributed as long as no charge is imposed and this readme file is included with the data.  If you use the data, please include this citation: David Lublin and D. Stephen Voss. 2001.  "Federal Elections Project." American University, Washington, DC and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.  We would greatly appreciate it if you would mail us hard copies of any paper written utilizing these data sets. You can send copies to: David Lublin, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. 

Funding for the Federal Elections Project was provided by the Political Science Program of the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (Award #99-85999).

Case identification:
MID is a unique case identification number used by the Federal Elections Project.
STFID is a case identification code used by Indiana, which is unique when combined with the CTYFIPS code.

Geographical identification:
STFIPS is the State FIPS Code (18 for Indiana).
CTYFIPS is the County FIPS Code.
CTYNAME is the county name.
MSA is a code number to identify voting districts in a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA or CMSA).  Those outside an MSA are coded as missing data.
PRECINCT is the text name of the precinct or voting district.
CD is the congressional district number (1-13).
STSDIST is the state senate district number.
STHDIST is the state house district number.

Turnout information:
REGVOT00 is number of registered voters at the time of the 2000 elections.
VOTERS00 is number of people voting in the 2000 elections (includes both roll-off and write-in voters).
REGVOT98 is number of registered voters at the time of the 1998 elections.
VOTERS98 is number of people voting in the 1998 elections (includes both roll-off and write-in voters).

Votes for US President:
BUSH is votes for George W. Bush (Republican).	
GORE is votes for Al Gore (Democrat).	
BROWNE is votes for Harry Browne (Libertarian).	
BUCHANAN is votes for Pat Buchanan (Reform).

Votes for Governor:
GOVREP is votes for David McIntosh (Republican).
GOVDEM is votes for Frank O'Bannon (Democrat).
GOVLIB is votes for Andrew Horning (Libertarian).

Votes for U.S. Senate:
SENREP00 is votes for Richard G. Lugar (Republican).
SENDEM00 is votes for David L. Johnson (Democrat).
SENLIB00 is votes for Paul Hager (Libertarian).
SENREP98 is votes for Paul Helmke (Republican).
SENDEM98 is votes for Evan Bayh (Democrat).
SENLIB98 is votes for Rebecca Sink-Burris (Libertarian).

Votes for U.S. House:

CONG00R is total votes for the Republican candidate in 2000.
	Jack Reynolds in District 1.
	Mike Pence in District 2.
	Chris Chocola in District 3.
	Mark E. Souder in District 4.
	Steve Buyer in District 5.
	Dan Burton in District 6.
	Brian D. Kerns in District 7.
	John N. Hostettler in District 8.
	Michael E. Bailey in District 9.
	Marvin B. Scott in District 10.

CONG98R is total votes for the Republican candidate in 1998.
	Michael Petyo in District 1.
	David M. McIntosh in District 2.
	Daniel A. Holtz in District 3.
	Mark E. Souder in District 4.
	Stephen E. Buyer in District 5.
	Dan Burton in District 6.
	Edward A. Pease in District 7.
	John N. Hostettler in District 8.
	Jean Leising in District 9.
	Gary A. Hofmeister in District 10.

CONG00D is total votes for the Democratic candidate in 2000.
	Peter J. Visclosky in District 1.
	Robert W. Rock in District 2.
	Tim Roemer in District 3.
	Michael (Mike) Dewayne Foster in District 4.
	Greg Goodnight in District 5.
	Darin Patrick Griesey in District 6.
	Michael Douglas Graf in District 7.
	Paul E. Perry in District 8.
	Baron Hill in District 9.
	Julia M. Carson in District 10.

CONG98D is total votes for the Democratic candidate in 1998.
	Peter J. Visclosky in District 1.
	Sherman A. Boles in District 2.
	Tim Roemer in District 3.
	Mark J. Wehrle in District 4.
	David Steele in District 5.
	Bob Kern in District 6.
	Samuel (Dutch) Hillenburg in District 7.
	Gail Riecken in District 8.
	Baron Hill in District 9.
	Julia Carson in District 10.

CONG00L is total votes for the Libertarian candidate in 2000.
	Christopher Nelson in District 1.
	Michael E. Anderson in District 2.
	Scott C. Baker in District 3.
	Michael Donlan in District 4.
	Scott Benson in District 5.
	Joe Hauptmann in District 6.
	Bob Thayer in District 7.
	Thomas Tindle in District 8.
	Sara Chambers in District 9.
	Na' llah Ali in District 10.

CONG98L is total votes for the Libertarian candidate in 1998.
	Michael Crass in District 1.
	Cliff Federle in District 2.
	Carl D. Waters in District 5.
	Joe Hauptmann in District 6.
	Barbara Bourland in District 7.
	Paul Hager in District 8.
	Diane L. Feeney in District 9.
	Fred C. Peterson in District 10.

Note that Indiana's data do not include votes for independent candidates:
	Bill Frazier (Independent) in District 2 (who received 19,077 votes in 2000).
	Myer Blatt (Independent Write-In) in District 3 (who received 5 votes in 2000).
	Marc Haggerty (Green) in District 8 (who received 282 votes in 2000).
	Douglas W. Garlinger in District 6 (who received 73 votes in 1998).
	Wayne J. Wohlfert in District 10 (who received 18 votes in 1998).


Votes for Attorney General in 2000:
	AGREP is votes for Stephen Carter (Republican).
	AGDEM is votes for Karen M. Freeman-Wilson (Democrat).
	AGLIB is votes for N. Sean Harshey (Libertarian).

Votes for Superintendent of Public Education in 2000:
	SPIREP is votes for Suellen Reed (Republican).
	SPIDEM is votes for Gerald E. McCullum (Democrat).
	SPILIB is votes for Sam Goldstein (Libertarian).

Votes for State Treasurer in 1998:
	TRREP is votes for Tim Berry (Republican).
	TRDEM is votes for Cleo Washington (Democrat).
	TRLIB is votes for Leona McPherson (Libertarian).

Votes for Secretary of State in 1998:
	SOSREP is votes for Sue Anne Gilroy (Republican).
	SOSDEM is votes for Cheryl L. Little (Democrat).
	SOSLIB is votes for Stephen W. Dillon (Libertarian).

Votes for State Auditor in 1998:
	AUD_NASS is votes for Connie Kay Nass (Republican).
	AUD_HILL is votes for Robert E. Hill (Democrat).
	AUD_FIN is votes for Francis Leon "Frank" Findley (Libertarian).

Votes for Supreme Court Clerk in 1998:
	CLKREP is votes for Brian Bishop (Republican).
	CLKDEM is votes for Douglas C. Leatherbury (Democrat).
	CLKLIB is votes for Ronald J. "R.J." Tavel (Libertarian).

Votes for State Senate in 1998 or 2000:
	STSREP is votes for the Republican candidate.
	STSDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate.
	STSLIB is votes for the Libertarian candidate.
Note that Indiana's senate districts have staggered terms, with half of the 50 districts under contention every two years.
The 1998 districts were: 1, 4, 6, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49.
The 2000 districts were: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 50.

Votes for State House in 1998:
	STHREP is votes for the Republican candidate.
	STHDEM is votes for the Democratic candidate.
	STHLIB is votes for the Libertarian candidate.

Note: Candidate names were available, at the time of this file's creation, at the following URL.

http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/elections/index.html


The data file breaks both population and voting-age population up by race and by Hispanic origin.  The variable names are listed below, but the naming convention is fairly simple:
1) Every racial category is divided between Hispanics and non-Hispanics.  The Hispanic version will start with "H" while the non-Hispanic category starts with "NH".  So "HWH" counts all one-race white Hispanics, and "NHWH" counts all one-race white non-Hispanics; combined they would include all one-race whites.
2) Single-race categories have two-letter abbreviations: whites (WH), blacks (BL), native Americans (NT), Asians (AS), Pacific Islanders (PC), and other races (OT).  So non-Hispanic Asians would be "NHAS".
3) Double-race categories include the first letter for each race separated by an underscore.  So, for example, Hispanics who counted themselves as partly white and partly black would be "HW_B".
4) People who reported three or more races were collected in an omnibus category: Hispanics with three or more races (HPL3) and non-Hispanics with three or more races (NHPL3).
5) For every population category, there is a parallel Variable reporting that population category only among those who are voting-age population.  For the VAP, the variable name ends in "18".

Voting district population:
TOTP is the total population.

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH is the number of non-Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
NHBL is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
NHNT is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
NHAS is the number of non-Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
NHPC is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
NHOT is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
NHW_B is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races.
NHW_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHW_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
NHW_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHW_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race.
NHB_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHB_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
NHB_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHB_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
NHN_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
NHN_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHN_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
NHA_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHA_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
NHP_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
NHPL3 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races.

Hispanics:
HWH is the number of Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
HBL is the number of Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
HNT is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
HAS is the number of Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
HPC is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
HOT is the number of Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
HW_B is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races.
HW_N is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HW_A is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
HW_P is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HW_O is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race.
HB_N is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HB_A is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
HB_P is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HB_O is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
HN_A is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
HN_P is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HN_O is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
HA_P is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HA_O is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
HP_O is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
HPL3 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races.

Voting Age Population:
TOTP18 is the total voting age population.

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH18 is the number of non-Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
NHBL18 is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
NHNT18 is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
NHAS18 is the number of non-Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
NHPC18 is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
NHOT18 is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
NHW_B18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
NHW_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHW_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
NHW_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHW_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
NHB_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHB_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
NHB_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHB_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
NHN_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
NHN_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHN_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
NHA_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHA_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
NHP_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
NHPL318 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.

Hispanics:
HWH18 is the number of Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
HBL18 is the number of Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
HNT18 is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
HAS18 is the number of Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
HPC18 is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
HOT18 is the number of Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
HW_B18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
HW_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HW_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
HW_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HW_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
HB_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HB_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
HB_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HB_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
HN_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
HN_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HN_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
HA_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HA_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
HP_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
HPL318 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.
